And she can't stop worrying about her dad, who's loving and fragile and has never really been alone. She's got a surly roommate with a charming, always-around boyfriend, a fiction-writing professor who thinks fan fiction is the end of the civilized world, a handsome classmate who only wants to talk about words. Cath is on her own, completely outside of her comfort zone. Now that they're going to college, Wren has told Cath she doesn't want to be roommates. Fangirl is a very self-explanatory title, which basically summarises the book (no spoilers but you must obviously know that). Hanging out in Simon Snow forums, writing Simon Snow fan fiction, dressing up like the characters for every movie premiere.Ĭath's sister has mostly grown away from fandom, but Cath can't let go. Fangirl was the very first book I read by Rainbow Rowell. She and her twin sister, Wren, ensconced themselves in the Simon Snow series when they were just kids it's what got them through their mother leaving. Okay, the whole world is a Simon Snow fan, but for Cath, being a fan is her life-and she's really good at it.
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